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The Boston Globe is a leading U.S. metro newspaper and the oldest and largest daily in Boston. The Globe is renowned in particular for its sports journalism, and in the early 2000s, the paper played a key role in exposing the sexual abuse scandal among Boston-area Catholic priests. The paper’s investigative unit, the Boston Globe Spotlight Team, has…

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Ken Doctor    March 29, 2012
Newspapers and other publishers are realizing the value of selling something other than their primary product to readers — and ebooks are leading the way.
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Ken Doctor    February 16, 2012
News apps like The Wall Street Journal’s are showing the potential of immersive, interactive advertising. But most news organizations aren’t in a position to take advantage.
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Boston.com plans to roll out a redesign to its network of 50 hyperlocal sites in the next several months.
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Dan Kennedy    December 21, 2011
Paywalls may become more popular in 2012; that doesn’t mean they’ll be enough to save a flailing industry.
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Ken Doctor    December 15, 2011
As news companies look to the new year, here are some of the rates, percentages, and figures that will determine how they adjust to new digital realities.
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Joshua Macht    December 9, 2011
The Boston Globe is trying out a two-site strategy to get the best of the free and paid web. But the group publisher of Harvard Business Review group argues from experience that it’s important to keep a brand unified and consistent.
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Revised rules for the Breaking News category want journalists’ work to emphasize “real-time reporting.”
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Ken Doctor    November 3, 2011
Tablet aggregators are facing a battle for mindshare among news consumers. Which ones have a chance to end up on top, and can they pull people away from single-brand apps?
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Justin Ellis    October 28, 2011
As part of the 2006 report on transforming newspapers, seven media outlets took part in a program to test Newspaper Next’s methods. Only a few of the projects live on today.
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Justin Ellis    October 19, 2011
The new tool will help Boston.com analyze fans moods and track trends around their beloved Patriots and Red Sox.
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Joshua Benton    September 28, 2011
Top Globe execs talk about the split between (free) Boston.com and (paid) BostonGlobe.com.
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Mark Coddington    September 16, 2011
Plus: Facebook keeps inching toward Twitter with its new Subscribe feature, the growing News Corp. scandal, and other recommended reading for the week.
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Justin Ellis    September 15, 2011
The paper’s in-house innovation lab will work on consumer apps for Boston.com while focusing on the look and presentation of BostonGlobe.com.
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Ken Doctor    September 15, 2011
That’s one brand, two major revenue streams, three products, and 4G.
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Joshua Benton    September 14, 2011
Globe editor Marty Baron, publisher Chris Mayer, and others discuss the new BostonGlobe.com, why they went paywall, and why they think their new approach is a winner.